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Patent GB-190310653-A (GB)
Title: Fog Signal Apparatus for Railways.
Inventor: WILTSHIRE HECTOR
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1904-05-11
Abstract: 10,653. Wiltshire, H. May 11. Fog signals; indicators, signal.-Fog signals are placed on the line mechanically by apparatus worked from cabins by wires or chains, an electric indicator in the cabin showing the position of the detonator. A box A is fixed near the rail F and covered with a lid Q, rotatable about a vertical pivot at one side and having a groove on the overhanging part to form a drip for rain. To one end of the lever G, pivoted at Y, the signal wire is attached, while the other is slotted and engages the pin Z on the slide D, which has dovetailed sides and is supported by the plate B and ledges C. The detonators E rest upon a piece I, which has side wheels enabling it to move up and down the chamber J, chains attached to the sliding piece passing over pulleys at the top of the chamber and thence to dependent weights. A slide 0, with a key and keyway P, forms the top of the detonator chamber, and carries a roller to reduce the friction as the detonator is pushed out past. the spring flap M and hinged bracket N on to the rail, the end of the slide D being morticed to receive the upturned end of the detonator clip E at X, whereby the detonator can be withdrawn from the rail if required. This clip consists of a strip of tin, bent up at the end distant from the detonator to fit into the slot X, and turned over at the other end to form a loop, the extremity of the loop being attached to the detonator. When the slide is pushed out, the lever G is in such a position that it makes a spring contact T and gives an electrical indication in the signal box by means of an indicating-arm on the faca of the instrument capable of occupying either the " on " or " off " position. A bracket S is secured to the side of the box A, to which the lid may be locked. A weight H, suspended by a cord, and a pulley V are provided for returning the slide and lever. Three such apparatus are arranged consecutively near a semaphore signal, two detonators placed on the line corresponding to one position of the semaphore, and one detonator to the other position.
Patent GB-190314006-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Treating Flour to Purify the same and Increase the Nutritive Qualities thereof.
Inventor: ALSOP JAMES NATHANIEL
Filed: 1903-06-23
Granted: 1903-08-20
Abstract: 14,006. Alsop, J. N. June 23. Gases, treating electrically.-Relates to a process for treating flour with air that has been subjected to an electric discharge. The air is drawn by a pump 9 through the chambers 11, 12 in which the electric discharge takes place, and is delivered into the hollow perforated shaft 39. The apparatus for obtaining the electric discharge comprises a dynamo 34, connected by the wire 36 to electrodes 13, 14, fixed in the discharge chambers 11, 12, and connected by the wire 35 to an electromagnet 38, and to the movable electrodes 17, 18, which are rocked alternately by a three-armed lever 30, operated by any suitable mechanical means through the connecting-rod 33. By the arrangement described, the discharge takes place alternately in the chambers 11, 12.
Patent GB-190321560-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to the Construction of Plug Boxes for Water Valves and the like.
Inventor: DURHAM JOSEPH BANKS
Filed: 1903-10-07
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 21,560. Durham, J. B. Oct. 7. Hydrants, standpipes, and water cranes.-Relates to a construction of plug boxes for water valves whereby the life of the pin C which connects the cover G with the box A is prolonged. As ordinarily constructed, these boxes have a lateral recess B in which the piu C is situated, and this recess is open below so that access may be had to its interior to manipulate the retaining-nut E. In order to prevent access of dirt, wet, &c. to the recess B, this invention consists in closing the recess B all round its exterior, access to the nut E being obtained by a cranked spanner introduced through the openings H, D.
Patent GB-190327509-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Utilising Opal Chips.
Inventor: WHELAN THOMAS JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 27,509. Whelan, T. J. Dec. 15. Ornamenting glass surfaces. - Opal clips are cleansed by boiling in an alkaline solution such as caustic soda, and are then placed in a vessel containing an alcohol to facilitate selection. The effect of solid opal is then obtained by filling a glass tube or other receptacle with the chips and glycerine when the tube &c. can be used for, jeweltery, as knife handles &c. When it is desired to ornament a plane, convex, or concave suiface, such as a card case, brush back, &c., a suitablyshaped glass plate is taken and is coated on its back with isinglass to which the opal chips are caused to adhere. The back of the chips may afterwards be coated with shellac &c.
Patent GB-190403039-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Door-bolt.
Inventor: DODD ANGEL ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 3039. Dodd, A. A., and Kavanagh, T. P. Feb. 8. Latches; emergency-exit fastenings.-A fastening for emergency-exit doors consists of a bevelled tongue a sliding in a casing b fixed to the door e, and attached to a bar c. A spring d presses the tongue into a socket g in the door frame top f or floor. To the bar c is pivoted a shackle h. having a bar i extending across it, adapted to engage with a lug j to retain the bolt out of the locking position. Other forms of catch may be used for this purpose, for instance, the rod c may have teeth engaged by a spring pawl pivoted to a pillar on the casing, or be provided with a dog adapted to engage with an inclined plane formed on the casing.
Patent GB-190403073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rings or Frames for Trial Lenses.
Inventor: GOWLLAND WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-02-08
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 3073. Gowlland, W., Gowlland, E., and Gowlland, C. S. Feb. 8. Sight-testing apparatus. -A metal mount for trial-case lenses is formed by a grooved ring a held together by a screw d. A second ring b forms a handle and also a frame for a coloured celluloid disc marked with the optical elements of the lens. The coloured discs may be used for colour-blind testing.
Patent GB-190404742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Explosives.
Filed: 1904-02-26
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 4742. Miners' Safety Explosive Co., and Levett, W. Feb. 26. Explosives.-A safety explosive is made from a mixture of two ingredients consisting of (a) 4¢ parts of tri-nit,ro-naphthalene to 95¢ of ammonium nitrate, and (b) 20 parts of di-nitro-naphthalene to 80 of sodium nitrate. The ingredients are made at about 180‹ F., and when cold are incorporated in suitable proportions. An example consists of 3 parts of tri-nitro-naphthalene, 27 of di-nitro-naphthalene, 63 of ammonium nitrate, and 107 of sodium nitrate.
Patent GB-190405097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Meters.
Inventor: COX FRANK P
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 5097. Cox, F. P. March 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Quantity meters.-A motor meter, in which the current passes radially through a rotatable non- magnetic disc 7 immersed in mercury or other liquid, in the fields of permanent magnets 27, 28, has the disc and its spindle 6 entirely submerged in the liquid in a casing 2. An aligning shaft 17 of the counting-gear is driven from the spindle 6 by the attraction between magnetized arms 19, 20. The casing 2 may be of copper, brass, aluminium, or non-conducting material, in two parts, and is provided with a terminal 22, from which the current divides to two other terminals 23, 24 ; these terminals are made of iron or other non- amalgamating metal. The current may pass partly through the casing 2 or a shunt resistance. The disc 7 may be of copper, and the spindle 6 is weighted at 16 with tungsten, molybdenum, or other material heavier than mercury. In order to compensate for diminished retardation by eddy currents in the disc 7 when its temperature rises, a resistance 30 of iron or other material having a high positive temperature-resistance coefficient, and a resistance 29 of german-silver, graphite, or other material having a low or negative coefficient, are placed in the branches of the circuit leading to the terminals 24, 23, and the magnet 28 is made stronger than the other 27. Current meters may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190406956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Vaporizers of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1904-03-22
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6956. Roberts, D., and Young, J. W. March 22. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, vaporizers for. Consists of an improvement in engines of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 7146 and 15,994, A.D. 1890, No. 3909, A.D. 1892, No. 6933, A.D. 1896, No. 17,839, A.D. 1897, No. 1426, A.D. 1898, Nos. 5914 and 10,849, A.D. 1900, and No. 7480, A.D. 1902. The oil is caused to impinge on the unjacketed part of the vaporizer in an inclined direction. As shown in Fig. 1, the oil inlet d is situated in a jacketed part b of the vaporizer either at right-angles or inclined to its long axis, and the oil impinges on the hot unjacketed part a, the joint c being inclined as shown. In Fig. 2, another arrangement is shown in which the joint c is at right-angles, and the oil inlet d inc ined to the axis of the vaporizer. By these arrangements, the hot part a is simplified in construction, and the whole vaporizer reduced in size, thus giving a higher degree of compression.
Patent GB-190413128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Buffers
Inventor: REES DAVID WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-06-10
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 13,128. Rees, D. W., and Moreton, W. G. June 10. Buffers.-Fig. 1 shows a spring buffer particularly adapted for converting dead - buffered wagons. The buffer case A is made of steel or wrought or cast iron and is flanged at C, bolts G passing through the flange to fix the buffer case to a back-plate H. The buffer head D bears on the washer M which compresses a spring B of any desired form. The end of the buffer rod which passes through the back-plate H is made of any shape which will prevent the buffer rod from rotating and is fitted with a nut O which is secured by a pin P. The whole is bolted to the vehicle by bolts I passing through the back-plate H or by bolts J passing through the flange C as well, which then take the place of the bolts G.
Patent GB-190414898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Embossing of Paper and the like.
Filed: 1904-07-02
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 14,898. R÷der, Ltd., C. G., and Eberle, E. July 2. Lithographic printing.-Relates to a process for simultaneously printing and embossing designs on paper or the like. The design is lithographed on a lithographic stone, plate, or block, etched, washed-out, rolled-up, and sprinkled with resin, colophony, &c., which is then heated, the stone &c. being afterwards treated with gum-etching solution and washed and dried. The part of the design required to print only is then covered with liquid asphalt, and the embossing-part etched in intaglio or relief, after which the ink is removed from the stone by the aid of snakestcne or the like, the remaining grease being destroyed by a strong etching-solution. The etched part is then washed, covered with gum arabic, and, if necessary, treated with acid to increase its ink-repellent action. The asphalt is removed and impressions taken from the stone in the usual way, a soft fabric or strong paper being used to cover the impression cylinder. The sheets may be first printed in the usual way and afterwards embossed by a stone or plate prepared as above described.
Patent GB-190415810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calciners and Destructors.
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 15,810. Dempster & Sons, R., and Radcliffe, J. July 16. Calcining and refuse-consuming furnaces ; discharging. -In order to prevent a sudden inrush of cold air when discharging calcining and r ef u s e - consuming furnaces, of types other than those in which rotary tubes a r e employed, a closed box or chamber b is fitted to the hearth,into which the ashes or burnt residue may be discharged either by mechanical means or by a rake operated manually through an aperture d, the materials being withdrawn through a sliding bottom g. In refuse-consuming furnaces, water from a jet f is sprayed on to the hot material in the box, and, by an air blast, steam jet, or other means, a current of air is induced through the box, the steam resulting from the quenching of the materials being drawn into the furnace. In calcining-furnaces, the quenching with water is not employed, but the materials are cooled by a current of air from a fan, blower, or other source.
Patent GB-190419912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brick Kilns and the like.
Inventor: HAMBLET JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-09-15
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 19,912. Hamblet, J. Sept. 15. Kilns.-In brick &c. kilns, vertical flues g are provided opening into the top of the kiln and communicating with the continuous flues h connecting the kilns. The flues g may be built inside, outside, or in the wall of the kiln, and may be extended over and outside the kiln, having openings at intervals through which the heat passes into the kiln. By this means, the heat is prevented from coming too soon into contact with the goods in the kiln.
Patent GB-190428852-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Conduit for Containing Electric Cables and Wires, and other Wires, Tubes, Pipes and the like.
Inventor: HEPWORTH-COLLINS WALTER
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 28,852. Collins, W. Hepworth-. Dec. 30. Conduits for electric conductors are made by arranging a series of box-like segments end to end. These segments are built up of steel or iron units of varying crosssection, according to the strength required, and may be made of two cast, forged, or rolled sidepieces A, A with bevelled edges, as shown, to admit of the introduction of closing T-pieces C, B, the upper one of which rests on the web of the lower. The two webs may be fitted with registering devices, and the lids may be secured by bolts &c. The various joints are made water-tight by running in pitch, bitumen, red lead, cement, metallic lead, or the like, plates may be screwed or riveted over such joints, and the top of the conduit may be roughened. In small conduits the bottom and sides may be made in one unit, the web of the T-sectioned lid being deep enough to rest on the bottom, and in large conduits the two side members may be joined by a bottom plate upon which a brick, terra-cotta, cement, or like partition is formed, or the whole conduit excepting the cover may be made of such ceramic material. The lids may be long enough to cover two or more body segments. Provision is made for ventilating and draining the conduit, and the inside may be painted, enamelled, or lined with insulating or preserving material.
Patent GB-190500876-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Trays for Baking Biscuits.
Inventor: LEFEVRE-UTILE LOUIS
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 876. Utile, L. Lefevre-, and Lefievre, E., [trading as Soc. LefÞvre-Utile]. June 13, 1904, [date applied for, under Patents Act, 1901]. Ovens.-Trays for baking biscuits are formed of metal sheets e, removably secured in metal frames, The frames are formed of rims a of angle-iron and flat rims c, connected by screws or bolts.
Patent GB-190500884-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Horse-shoe.
Inventor: DIBBLE FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 884. Dibble, F. Jan. 17 Calks; upper and lower shoes; fixing.-A roughing-attachment for horseshoes consists of two halfshoes a, b which carry calks c and have upturned flanges d at the toe, one of which carries a spur e adapted to fit into a hole f in the other. The heels are extended, as shown, and connected by a screw g. In a modification, the parts a, b are provided with inwardly-extending bars h, the inclined edges i of which are secured together by a strap j and screw k. In other modifications, the roughing-shoe may be jointed at the heel, instead of at the toe, and may be made in more than two pieces or in one piece.
Patent GB-190501504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boot Trees and the like.
Inventor: ESSEN FRITZ VON
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 1504. Essen, F. von. Jan. 25. Stretchers, garment. -A device for keeping the tops of patentleather boots expanded, and for similar purposes, consists of a thin sheet of carton or other resilient m a - terial, shaped into the form of a split tube, and provided with leather loop handles 2, by which the device is contracted to insert it into, or withdraw it from, the boot. The expanding power of the device may, if desired, be increased by fitting it with two coiled springs 3, which work in U-shaped grooves 4 and against stops 5.
Patent GB-190511986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pure Sulphur Dioxide and Glauber Salts
Inventor: GARROWAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-08
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 11,986. Garroway, W. June 8. Sodium sulphate ;sulphurous acid.-Pure sulphur dioxide is produced by acting upon sodium bisulphite with a solution of nitre cake or sulphuric acid in a lead vessel E under pressure. Vessels A, D hold the nitre cake or vitriol, while the bisulphite is supplied from vessels B, C. Most of the gas is evolved without heat, the last portions being liberated by the action of a steam coil in the vessel E. The gas is washed in a tower F, and after passing through vessels G, H is absorbed in water in a vessel J or is condensed by ordinary means. The sodium-sulphate solution that remains may be treated with steam and water, if necessary, and some slaked lime may be added to precipitate iron or other impurities. The sodium bisulphite used is made by the action of sulphurous acid on sodium carbonate. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2784, A.D. 1880, and No. 1393, A.D. 1888.]
Patent GB-190513008-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Curtain Drying and Stretching Frame.
Inventor: GOLDSWORTHY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 13,008. Goldsworthy, W. June 23. Curtaan-stretchers.- A pair of uprights a are slotted to receive cross-bars c, c', to which they are secured in adjustable position by pins d passing through holes h. Hooks e, Figs. 2 and 3, on the side and cross-bars hold the edges of the curtains ; double-headed hooks are used for the cross-bars. Pivoted legs g support the uprights.
Patent GB-190515591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Electromagnetically Influencing the Arcs of Electric Arc Lamps working with Alternating Current.
Inventor: CARBONE TITO LIVIO
Filed: 1905-07-29
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 15,591. Carbone, T. L. July 29. Arc lamps. - Alternating-current arcs are steadied by electro-magnetic devices, excited by the current and having non-laminated iron cores. These devices are arranged symmetrically with regard to the arc, and may have closed magnetic circuits. A form especially adapted for lamps with inclined convergent electrodes comprises cores b, c, wound to produce opposite poles in a ring a, and a bridge-piece d. The ring a surrounds the electrodes, and the bridge-piece d is between them. Other forms, for instance a pair of bar electro-magnets, may be used.
Patent GB-190523716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Bottling under Pressure.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 23,716. Russell, H. C. Nov. 17. Bottling. - In a machine for bottling beer &c., the sliding support B' of the bottle rest A is connected by a rod E with the liquid control valve G, to which is attached a swing- ing guard H. On the bottle being placed on the rest A and the valve -G turned, the bottle is raised and the guard H brought in front of it simultaneously. The parts may also be operated by moving either the guard or the bottle rest. The bottle rest A may be fitted with the support described in Specification No. 8501, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190524108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Cutting Machines.
Inventor: WEBSTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 24,108. Webster, J. Nov. 22. Dressing stone.-A stone-working machine of the type in which the tool-box is given a reciprocating or oscillatory motion, to imitate the action of hand stone-cutting, has the tools A mounted in a weighted tool-box B, carried on the ends of a pair of short levers C, which are mounted on pivots D carried by a pair of swinging quadrant weights E. The weights are pivoted upon pins F, directly above the pivots D, and are operated from a countershaft by eccentrics and rods or by other means. The cutting-edges of the tools may be in line with the axes of the pivots D, to allow the tool-box to be reversed, and the tool-box, in each position, rests on angle-iron stops J, secured to the weights. The angle of the tool-box may be varied, and the force of stroke regulated by adjusting the eccentrics, or by varying the position of the pivots D or the speed of the table L.
Patent GB-190600268-A (GB)
Title: Dismountable Rudder with Propeller-screw.
Inventor: HOUZEAU MAURICE
Filed: 1906-01-04
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 268. Houzeau, M. May 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Rudders; steering by screw propellers. The rudders of river boats are dismountable and arranged to carry the propeller, which is driven by a motor on the deck of the vessel. The shaft g rotates in the tubes e, f, which are connected by boxes, containing bevel-gearing. The tube e is supported in bearings c and may be adjusted in height by the collars b and a ratchet and screw. The whole apparatus is carried by the pintles h. The shaft g is fixed in position, the rudder being turned by the tiller shown.
Patent GB-190602653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Anti-vibration Suspenders for Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: CURTIS GEORGE
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 2653. Curtis, G. Feb. 3. Drawings to Specification. Flexible tubing; flexible tubes used as couplings. -In an anti-vibration device for an incandescent gas lamp, the flexible tubular connexion is made of Persian cloth, chamois-leatber, or the like.
Patent GB-190604305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyor Apparatus for Transporting Merchandise.
Inventor: METCALFE HENRY WRAY
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 4305. Metcalfe, H. W. Feb. 21. Hooks used on conveyers for parcels, sacks, and similar articles are pivoted on depending links of the conveyer chain, and are retained normally in an upright position by lugs 35 engaging sliders 33. At the unloading point, the slider is raised in the slot 34 on the depending link, by engaging a fixed incline, and the weight of the load then inverts the hook and releases the load. The unloaded hook is restored to the upright position by a counterweight.
Patent GB-190607844-A (GB)
Title: Worsted Warp Sizing and Drying Machine Combined
Inventor: DISLEY WALTER ROSTRON
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1907-04-02
Abstract: 7844. Disley, W. R., and Disley, A. R. April 2. Drawings to Specification. Yarns, sizing.-Relates to a combined worsted warp sizing and diying machine. Before being sized, the warp stands on a turntable and is divided into two or three sections tied at intervals by yarn, which easily breaks in the process of winding on the warp. The warp, after being sized, is passed round rollers to allow the size to harden before the warp is passed into the drying-chamber of the machine.